• Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi veteran Yamini Krishnamurti passed away in New Delhi on August 3. She was 84.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of Krishnamurti and said her dedication to Indian classical dance has left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape.

• Born on December 20, 1940 in Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district to Sanskrit scholar M. Krishnamurti, she took to dance at the age of five at the Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai under the tutelage of legendary Bharatanatyam dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale.

• Also proficient in the form of Kuchipudi, Krishnamurti expanded her horizon by learning Odissi from the likes of Pankaj Charan Das and Kelucharan Mohapatra.

• Besides learning the various dance forms, Krishnamurti was trained in Carnatic vocals and the veena.

• Krishnamurti received Padma Shri at the young age of 28 in 1968, Padma Bhushan in 2001 and Padma Vibhushan in 2016. She was also conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1977.

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